Dominic is watching a horror movie at the movie theater.His heart is racing,he feels scared, and he considers leaving to calm down.Instead,he begins to think about how the blood in
The movie is not real and the people are only actors.Dominic is using which strategy to
Regulate his emotions?

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Dominic is using reappraisal, a cognitive strategy where he changes how he thinks about the stimuli (the horror movie) to alter its emotional impact. By reminding himself that the movie is not real, he is changing his emotional response from fear to something more manageable.

Dominic Is Watching a Horror Movie at the Movie Theater